Touchpad/Mouse Issue

So I decided to install a secondary HDD onto my macbook pro because I was hardly using my DVD Drive. All of my other Alienware laptops have 2 HDD so I suddenly felt the need to have a second HDD, thus I swapped out my superdrive for a HDD. Now a couple of things before I get to my problem that I wanna point out for Apple Users who may consider the same route as me. For some reason you cannot install a SSD drive in here as the sata connection via the SuperDrive WILL NOT read or even recognize a SSD drive. At first I thought my drive was broken or busted but this was not the case as I've read online of users having similar problems. The enclosure costed me like 15 dollars on Ebay shipped from New York, which isn't all that bad.


Now getting to my problem I installed the Boot Camp software and everything was working properly under the windows environment. I mean I could use all of my keyboard hotkeys, right click with my touchpad. But when I plug in my LX3 logitech mouse (set point installed) The system is stuck on mouse. When I remove my mouse to go back to touchpad the system won't respond back to touchpad and I'm forced to replug my mouse to get my pointer back.

Any Ideas? Thanks.

 

I believe the Superdrive uses SATA 1.5 and modern SSDs work with SATA II and SATA III. I know the SSD I installed in my MBP could not step down to SATA 1.5. That being said, an older SSD model capable of stepping down to SATA 1.5 could have been installed where the Superdrive was. Still, it is often deemed best to install a hard drive there and then SSD in the faster SATA III (or SATA II on the older models) slot where the primary HDD is.

Did you install Logitech's software along with the wired mouse or did you just plug it in and go? Did this happen before the optibay installation or you didn't test it until now?

 

I installed 6.2 setpoint but as I recall touchpad/mouse options should be a part of the Operating System something like accessing synaptics touchpad to configure the whole mouse touchpad thing, seeing as how this isn't a synaptics is primarily why I have problems.

Getting back to my install what are the dangers or problems of running windows off the primary drive (SSD Sata 2) and running OSX Lion on a 1.5 SATA 500 gb 72000 rpm drive? Other then slowdown in Lion what problems will I face? I'm hesitant to do this just because of simple logic which is I primarily use OSX Lion and just naturally feel it should be on the Primary Drive but I don't want to partition any Hard Drives and I dont wanna put a FAT 32 File system onto an SSD as well.

 

Oh another quick question is there anyway I can go from my Nvidia 330 back to my Intel under the Windows Environment? I realize the answer is more then likely a big fat NO. However I did have a program that worked in my OSX lion environment that could control between using hybrid,discrete, and integrated.

Really hoping that this might be possible within windows.

 

Have you tried uninstalling Setpoint or seeing if there is an option in there to disable any other mice/trackpads when your mouse is plugged in? The trackpad options for your Mac are in the "Bootcamp" program (that background program that should be by your clock with a gray diamond icon). There are very limited settings for the trackpad and I don't think there is one allowing you to disable it when an external mouse is being used.

I don't think there are any dangers per say but Lion will experience a slowdown. You shouldn't have any issues partitioning your SSD for both OS X and Windows. Keep in mind that the Windows partition will initially be FAT32 as that is what Bootcamp does. However, during the Windows 7 setup process, it will be formatted back to NTFS as Win 7 cannot be installed on a FAT32 partition/hard drive. Personally, I would install both Windows and OS X on the SSD and format the extra hard drive using the exFAT file system. That way both OS's will have access to it without issues. You could also run Windows within a virtual machine (such as Parallels). Performance should not really take that much of a hit especially since you have an SSD drive and things will be fine for day-to-day activities. In my opinion, you should really only go the Bootcamp route if you plan on gaming.

As for your Nvidia graphics issue, I do not think it is possible. There might be some 3rd party solution/hack but as it stands, Apple only allows for the dedicated GPU to be used under Bootcamp through Windows.

 

Setpoint makes no assumptions towards a trackpad it isn't designed to recognize or account for such a device, but I think it's fixed now. I believe I had the problem earlier because the system was having such a hard time accessing my 1.5 SATA 5,400 rpm drive, which can all be described as being Sloooooooooooooowwwww

ehhhhh it's really all kind of depressing.... I suppose my bar has been severely risen for gaming as all of my alienwares can handle it really well. I was hopping that my macbook could at least run an RTS Game to fairly high standards, but the constant comparison or switch over I'm going to first-hand witness between playing the same game on both my alienware and macbook pro is going to bring on such a high level of difference/experience that I'm flat out just not going to game on my Macbook Pro, and just leave it for my work and programming and some media usage.

As much as I love the system it doesn't even hold a candlelit flame to my Alienware PC's so in short I'm not going to bother with it and probably only access the windows partition to utilize Visual Studios, and primarily use OSX Lion.

In short I wouldn't suggest gaming on a macbook pro to anyone now that I've experienced everything